July 2010

At weekends Canary Wharf can feel like an abandoned film set: all clean modern buildings and quiet leafy streets, so the concept of performances popping up all around the area on a Saturday afternoon is an excit… Continue Reading

The award-winning hit from the West End, Into The Hoods is created and performed by critically acclaimed dance company ZooNation. Catch Into The Hoods in London at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, 30 … Continue Reading

The Royal Ballet School aims to train and educate outstanding classical ballet dancers and since its foundation in 1926 it has done just that. The loyalty and the devotion of the school’s graduates over th… Continue Reading

‘Interspersing shuffling fragments of dance with spoken litanies of recollection, some of them in Japanese, Ikeda shows how memories spark each other, and just occasionally she manages to convey that particular, prickling synaptic flash which moves us to laughter o…

‘The hard truth is that despite Colker’s polymathic achievements (she studied and performed as a pianist for 12 years, she tells us in the programme, as well as studying psychology and playing professional volleyball), she has no talent as a choreographer bey…

‘Not that the Rio-born choreographer lacks ideas or energy. Far from it. Cruel, her latest vehicle for her 17-strong company, is, like all her work, strongly athletic, and built around striking props: a giant macramé lamp, a 25ft table, a series of mirrored swing …

‘Lovely Charo Espino is the crown jewel of the Spanish side, remarkable for the eloquent arch of her spine, and arms and hands that summon images of cactus flowers and Moorish ironwork. Still, you wouldn’t dare to cross her.’

‘Three dancers arrive centre stage: Charo Espino in her long white dress, Angel Muñoz and Ramon Martinez in dark suits. They offer flamenco in all its purity, reminding us that the soul of this dance form resides, not in virtuosity, but in the passionate displa…

‘…Counterpoint is a piece of lovely, intelligent design and within its 10-minute span it spins a bewitching choreography around the possibilities of the space – not only using the courtyard as a stage but the 55 single jet fountains that play continu…

Reviewed: 30 June It is a few minutes into the performance before I realise that Paco Pena is already on the stage. Although the (now white-haired) maestro opens the show with a spotlighted solo, his presence is… Continue Reading

*_Eonnagata_ tells the story of the Chevalier d‘Éon, Charles de Beaumont – diplomat, writer,swordsman and a member of the King’s Secret, a network of spies under the controlof Louis XV.* *Syl… Continue Reading

Vanessa Thorpe takes a look at the popularity of ‘pop-up’ shows, “Garages, car parks, warehouses and disused transport terminals are all being given an unexpected afterlife this summer as hundr… Continue Reading

Bolshoi Ballet dancer Vasiliev returns to London in the lead role of the company’s production of Spartacus. On the company’s previous visit in 2007, Vasiliev wowed London Coliseum audiences with his … Continue Reading

Reviewed: 1 July On a quintessential summer evening there can be no more enjoyable way than to spend an evening watching the fountains in the neo-classical courtyard of London’s Somerset House. But there i… Continue Reading